wułks

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Lithuanian vil̃kas, Latvian vìlks, Old Prussian wilkis.[1][2]

Noun

wułks

  1. (zoology) wolf
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 25, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      wilk — wułks
      wilk — wolf

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 81: “wułks ‘vilkas, l. wilk’ 25.”
  2. “vil̃kas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sm. wułks Wolf”.
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